//------------------------------// // As Fate Has It // Story: The Light Brought Out // by Homeless-Jmart //------------------------------// The Light Brought Out Chapter 10: As Fate Has It Gun to the head, knife to the neck. Neither viable options. Someone help me, help me in my final hour. *~*~*~*~*~* Rainbow awoke to hear a knocking at the door. The rain was still coming down, not showing any signs of stopping. She slowly walked over to the door. When she opened the door she found a note soaked with water. She took it inside and began to read. 'Rainbow Dash, I'm sorry that I didn't give you time to explain what happened two days ago. Meet me in Sugar Cube Corner in half an hour and we'll talk then. Yours Forever, Pinkie Pie' Yes! A chance to explain myself. Rainbow thought. Half an hour, the clock already read 6:30. Kinda of late, better be careful. Even though she was nervous she was happy to be able to tell Pinkie what she meant to say didn't come out right. And who knows, she thought looking at the necklace in her hooves, maybe Shine was right about the use of the necklace. *~*~*~*~*~* "Alright sister, why are we here." asked Luna "We have an issue Luna." Celestia said motioning towards the tree of life. Luna gasped when she saw the Element of Laughter. "Sister I thought you removed the darkness from the element." "Apparently not." said Princess Cadence. "Indeed and now it looks just like the way it did when we found it." Luna said. "Yes, after the protection magic faded the darkness proceeded to spread like wildfire. That is why I need all of your help." "Of course." said Cadence. "Yes." Luna responded. "I just hope we can fix it." Twilight interjected. "Alright, ready?" asked Celestia, which was then responded with a yes from the other princesses. Combining their magic together they shot a beam of brilliant bright white magic at the element. It seemed to work... at first. Even with the combined magic and the Tree of Harmony to aid their efforts it didn't work. A small sonic boom occurred and the ponies were blasted backwards. After regaining their composure they saw that the magic had a minimal effect on the element. "Even together we aren't strong enough to destroy the darkness!" Twilight exclaimed. "I was hoping it wouldn't come to this, but..." Celestia turned towards Twilight, "Could you summon Discord? He knows more about this than I, and he has very powerful magic." "Yes princess." she responded her horn glowing. Then in a brilliant flash of light Discord appeared. He looked like he was on vacation. He was sipping out of a coconut sitting on a chair, and was wearing a Hawaiian t-shirt and shades. "What happened to the sun?" He asked looking towards the group. "Oh." He said miserably snapping his fingers and appearing in his usual form, or what was usual for him. "Well what do you all what?" He asked. They all pointed towards the tree. "Oh dear." He said looking at the element they were pointing at. *~*~*~*~*~* 7:00 and Rainbow was flying towards Ponyville. She landed outside of Sugar Cube Corner and slowly walked towards the door. Upon entering she saw that Pinkie wasn't there. She did a quick 360 to make sure that Pinkie wasn't hiding. She was scared and started backing towards the door. "Where are you going Dashie?" said Pinkie Pie exiting her basement. "Oh you're here." Rainbow said nervously. "So um I can explain." "Oh, no need for explanations." she said now through the doorway. Her hair was the first thing Rainbow noticed, it was laying completely flat on her head and tail. Then she noticed the one thing she wished never existed: a doctor's scalpel, and not just any scalpel but the one she used on that fateful night. "NO!" she screamed making a break for the door. "Oh don't run Dashie." she said as she picked up a knife off the counter and threw it. It impaled the wall right next to the doorway as Rainbow opened the door and shot into the sky outside. It was still pouring outside and visibility was awful. She kept flying until she was sure she was more than a mile from Sugar Cube Corner. Then she touched down and started breathing heavily. Then she herd the most horrific sound in the world. "Boo." "AHHHH!" she screamed as she shot away, with another knife sailing by her head. She looked behind her and sure enough there was a evilly smiling Pinkie. "STOP!" Rainbow desperately yelled. "PLEASE!" She then turned her head to face forward again. Big mistake. She flew right through a bunch of apple trees. Right when she could see them thinning out she felt a branch hit her wing, hard. She yelled out in pain and crash landed coming to a stop just at the edge of a cliff. She got up and attempted to fly, but the pain in her wing was bad. Sprained she thought. She looked into the chasm and instantly knew where she was. She was at Apple Acres and this was the same chasm that she took Pinkie to when they went on their date. She was on the wrong side. Below her was a 20-30 foot drop into sand instead of water. She thought about how close she was to Sweet Apple Acres. She just should've said yes when Pinkie said it. Now here she was stuck between a rock and a pink pony. Hopelessness and helplessness, the two worst feelings in the world. Feelings that ruin so many lives. The worst possible feelings anyone could ever face, especially when they are alone. Then Rainbow thought it was over she was moving towards the edge of the cliff ready to take her own life. This is it she thought the end. Nothing was there to save her, so she just edged closer. "Well this can't be as bad as what Pinkie would do to me. I bet she would probably torture me." Then a massive force rammed into her. "Oh you've got that right!" said Pinkie who was on top of her. Rainbows eyes were wide with fear, but then she sighed and closed her eyes, ready for whatever horrible pain her fate would bring. She gave up. Pinkie raised the knife above her head laughing psychotically. "I love you Pinkie Pie."